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Wartime bomb safely removed from seabed in Quang Binh

The military force in the central province of Quang Binh has removed a bomb left from wartime from the seabed offshore Quang Trach district and destroyed it safely, the command of the province’s border guard force said on February 19.
Wartime bomb safely removed from seabed in Quang Binh ảnh 1The bomb is moved onto a car to be transported to the designated site for detonation. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Binh (VNA) – The military force in the central province ofQuang Binh has removed a bomb left from wartime from the seabed offshore Quang Trachdistrict and destroyed it safely, the command of the province’s border guardforce said on February 19.

A local fisherman detected the 1.6m long bomb about 100m from the shore onFebruary 13 and quickly alerted the local border guard station, which promptlyzoned off the dangerous area and informed relevant authorities.  

On February 18, military personnel in the province removed thebomb from the seabed safely and transported to the designated site fordetonation. The bomb is a MK-82 500LBS and dropped during the US war.

Decades after the end of war, Vietnam still suffers fromthe deadly threat from bombs, mines and unexplodedordnance (UXO) left by war.

According to the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre, all 63 provinces andcentrally-run cities in Vietnam are contaminated with UXO, with 5.6 millionhectares of land in total (17.71% of the country’s acreage) affected. It isestimated that between 600,000 – 800,000 tonnes of UXO are still hiddenunderground, and 110,000 people have so far become victims of UXO./.
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